Datong is one of China’s most layered cities: Buddhist cave art, spectacular temples, dynastic history, and the legacy of industrial north China all in one place. This video explains why it matters. #China #Datong #ChineseHistory #Shanxi #TravelHistory

Standing before the cliffside Buddhas at Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi. These 1,500-year-old carvings from the Northern Wei Dynasty still feel incredibly powerful. Such a quiet, stunning piece of Chinese history.
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The village temple had recently been rebuilt. Here we are outside it with the village headmen.

I was the first foreigner to visit the village since the Japanese left in 1946.

The moment one world was becoming another.

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Spring, 1995. I cycled out to visit a student’s village in rural Shanxi. She’s there in the yellow shirt.

Electricity had arrived just the week before.

Her family owned a single light bulb. Her father carried it from room to room, screwing it into each socket so we would have light

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